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The Cruelty of Quraysh
The leaders of Quraysh became increasingly worried about
the way the people of Mecca were being divided by the
Prophet's teachings. Finally, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, one of the
nobles of Mecca, decided that the only way to silence the
Prophet (pbuh) was to kill him. Having made up his mind, he
set out at once to look for him. On his way he met a man who
saw at once what ‘Umar was going to do and said: 'Why don't
you look a little closer to home before going to kill
Muhammad? Don't you know your own sister Fatimah is a
Muslim?' 'Umar was shocked. He could not believe this was
true. He went at once to his sister's house. When he arrived
outside the house he heard Fatimah and her husband Sa’id
reading aloud surah Ta Ha, a chapter from the Koran. Hearing
her brother's voice at the door, Fatimah quickly hid the scroll
with the surah written on it among the folds of her dress.
‘Umar stormed into the room and demanded, 'What is this
nonsense I heard?' Fatimah denied everything. ‘Umar then lost
his temper and attacked Fatimah's husband shouting, 'They
tell me that you have joined Muhammad in his religion!'
Fatimah tried to defend her husband and ‘Umar hit her too.
Then she admitted, ‘Yes, we are Muslims and we believe in
Allah and His Messenger and you can do what you like!'
Seeing her faith and courage, ‘Umar suddenly felt sorry for
what he had done and said to his sister, 'Let me see what I
heard you reading just now so that I may understand just
what it is that your Prophet has brought. Fatimah gave the
scroll to him after he had washed to make himself clean and
pure before touching it, and had promised to give it back to
her afterwards.